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and the chamber of commerce has stepped up. we're pushing every member of congress to get behind the bills that we issued yesterday. it will protect the gi bill which we know is a critical path to successful employment. we want everybody in congress to sign that bill. we also introduced another bill that will improve the transition assistance program that veterans take coming home. we need everybody to get behind that. and everybody watching. get behind iava. there are only 26 of us on the hill and 16,000 lobbyists. we need the american people behind us. go to facebook, go to twitter and back these amazing veterans who are taking this powerful message to congress. we're on the front lines and we need you to be behind us. not just this week but behind the year to get that unemployment rate way down. >> thank you both. >> thank you. >> we appreciate it very much. >> sure. >>> what political story will make headlines in these next 24 hours? that's next. upwards of...[ whistles ] i did not want to think about that. relax, relax, re
and the chamber of commerce has stepped up. we're pushing every member of congress to get behind the bills that we issued yesterday. it will protect the gi bill which we know is a critical path to successful employment. we want everybody in congress to sign that bill. we also introduced another bill that will improve the transition assistance program that veterans take coming home. we need everybody to get behind that. and everybody watching. get behind iava. there are only 26 of us on the hill...
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this is an international commons, it's necessary for international commerce and we won't tolerate any effort to block it. >> with itit's been the stated n that we have the assets and we would make sure that the flow of oil can continue. what if they mined the straight, they have tried that before, what can we do in that instance? >> i don't care to get into any particular hypothetical. there are ways that they can approach it, and we would of course respond as necessary to keep that international waterway open. but, i think it's also important to remember that iran, itself, has the greatest interest in a waterway being open, it's their oil, their commerce as well as this of their neighbors that thr flows through that so it would be unwise and self defeating for them to do that. >> were you at a meeting on iran today? i'm not there so i don't know what your deliberations have been today. >> no, but you know i would not talk about what i was here to do in terms of classified meetings, but no, i'm here doing other business. >> let me ask you about the nuclear scientist, this is the fifth
this is an international commons, it's necessary for international commerce and we won't tolerate any effort to block it. >> with itit's been the stated n that we have the assets and we would make sure that the flow of oil can continue. what if they mined the straight, they have tried that before, what can we do in that instance? >> i don't care to get into any particular hypothetical. there are ways that they can approach it, and we would of course respond as necessary to keep that...
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the candidate is in los angeles today to address the hispanic chamber of commerce and sit down with telemundo while president obama arrived in cincinnati, his 12th visit to ohio. his home away interest home. >>> and live from new york, "snl" inaugurates a new president obama. ♪ i so in love with you >> that was fun, right? so, do you want that or this. ♪ eieio >>> good day. i'm andrea mitchell live in washington. with 50 days to go team obama is monitoring an explosive situation across the arab world, while the romney campaign is coping with questions about its internal management today. and whether a team that the candidate is loyal to, can now help him unseat an incumbent president. joining me for our daily fix, chris alyssa, msnbc contributor and mark halperin, senior political analyst for "time" and msnbc. welcome both. chris, 50 days to go, we've got a very close race despite, you know, some advantage for president obama in battleground states. is this the time for the romney team to be doing sort of a postmortem almost as if they've already lost this race? >> i'll give you an unchar
the candidate is in los angeles today to address the hispanic chamber of commerce and sit down with telemundo while president obama arrived in cincinnati, his 12th visit to ohio. his home away interest home. >>> and live from new york, "snl" inaugurates a new president obama. ♪ i so in love with you >> that was fun, right? so, do you want that or this. ♪ eieio >>> good day. i'm andrea mitchell live in washington. with 50 days to go team obama is monitoring...
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. >> mitt romney was at a chamber of commerce breakfast, i was there today. this is part of what he had to say to the business people here in new hampshire. >> i want individuals to have their own insurance, that means the insurance company will have an incentive to keep you healthy. it also means that if you do not like what they do, you can fire them, i like being able to fire somebody for not serving me well. >> you know the opponents are climbing all over this, i want to be able to fire people? >> i get what he was trying to say, which is you want personal accountabilities and you want to say you are not doing a good job. but with the wealth that mitt romney has and the economy as it is, saying something like that, not a benefit. my guess is his campaign will say, he is being tough and honest. but that is spin. this is not a ideal thing, we are talking about it now, it will continue to come up, jon huntsman, moving up in new hampshire has already hit romney on using that line. mitt romney is looikly to w llyy to win the primary tomorrow. in a general elec
. >> mitt romney was at a chamber of commerce breakfast, i was there today. this is part of what he had to say to the business people here in new hampshire. >> i want individuals to have their own insurance, that means the insurance company will have an incentive to keep you healthy. it also means that if you do not like what they do, you can fire them, i like being able to fire somebody for not serving me well. >> you know the opponents are climbing all over this, i want to...
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chamber of commerce which said that this bill that would allow women to sue for punitive damages if they don't feel they're getting the same salary as men, as allow women to talk about salaries in the workplace and ask questions about what men make would really hamper small businesses. they expect to hold their caucus because of the strength of those groups. >> of course, the strength on the other side are the trial lawyers who would like to see this happen. >> indeed, right, andrea. >> but there's also -- >> but this is a great example of a vote that we'll hear about again in november. >> exactly. >> it fits in with what we've heard from democrats in the last few weeks, the war on women. this is another vote, they want to be able to say that republicans voted to not allow women to have equal pay. the talking point out of it. fascinating debate on the senate floor. >> thank you very much, luke russert with all the politics there. >>> breaking news out of california, a major decision on prop 8. pete williams has been all over it. pete, basically this was the 9th circle and the decision as
chamber of commerce which said that this bill that would allow women to sue for punitive damages if they don't feel they're getting the same salary as men, as allow women to talk about salaries in the workplace and ask questions about what men make would really hamper small businesses. they expect to hold their caucus because of the strength of those groups. >> of course, the strength on the other side are the trial lawyers who would like to see this happen. >> indeed, right,...
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i'll talk to former commerce secretary carlos gutierrez, who is working with the romney campaign. >>> never has the u.s. olympic team been more divorce. olympic gymnast and bronze medalist danell leyva joins me to talk about the changing face of the team. >>> the spending bill you signed into law, the domestic discretionary spending has been increased by 84%. >> i want to just push back a little bit on the underlying premise about us increasing spending by 84%. >> the discretionary spending. the bills that congress signs that you sign into law, that has increased 84%. >> we'll have a longer debate on the budget numbers, then, all right? >> we know that look. that was just a preview of paul ryan taking on president obama and the president's response. that was two years ago at a house republican caucus meeting and as head of the house budget committee, ryan spearheaded the fight against obama's budget plans and health care overall. joining me, former deputy white house press secretary, bill burton, and republican strategist, former house aide to the speaker, john theery. what was the fr
i'll talk to former commerce secretary carlos gutierrez, who is working with the romney campaign. >>> never has the u.s. olympic team been more divorce. olympic gymnast and bronze medalist danell leyva joins me to talk about the changing face of the team. >>> the spending bill you signed into law, the domestic discretionary spending has been increased by 84%. >> i want to just push back a little bit on the underlying premise about us increasing spending by 84%. >>...
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the chamber of commerce went out to their members and surveyed them and said what's been the impact of obama care and three quarters, three quarters said they are less likely to hire people because of obama care. you see, his policies did not help create jobs. they depressed job creation and that's why we're still struggling with so many people out of work. and by the way, let me just note, this number, 8.2% unemployment, we have gone 41 months with unemployment above 8%. why's that number, why do we keep on talking about 8%? because that's the bogey the president himself set. he said if we let them borrow $787 billion in his first year which congress let him do, he would hold unemployment below 8% and it has not been below 8% since. that's a number but it represents real people, people facing some real tough times, people out of work and stopped looking for work, as i said, but also people who are actually working in jobs. a lot of them facing tough times. a lot of people employed wonder whether they're going to be able to afford retirement. there are a number of folks who i don't kno
the chamber of commerce went out to their members and surveyed them and said what's been the impact of obama care and three quarters, three quarters said they are less likely to hire people because of obama care. you see, his policies did not help create jobs. they depressed job creation and that's why we're still struggling with so many people out of work. and by the way, let me just note, this number, 8.2% unemployment, we have gone 41 months with unemployment above 8%. why's that number, why...
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the way that they upheld the law, that they ruled the individual mandate unconstitutional under the commerce clause but said that congress's right to tax means it can stand. i think that caught the romney campaign by surprise it was not one of the likely scenarios that most of us had mapped out. i don't think it was one of the scenarios they had mapped out, and i think they're still trying to deal with that, playing little bit of defense and they made a pretty obvious mistake, eric to chuck earlier this week made a mistake that made things worse. >> chuck, what is your take now, a couple of days later? we see mitt romney still trying to explain it. this was mitt romney on cbs last night. >> i said that i agreed with the dissent, and the dissent made it very clear that they felt it was unconstitutional. but the dissent lost. it's in the minority. and so, now the supreme court has spoken. there is no way around that. you can try and say you wish they had decided it a different way, but they didn't. they concluded it was a tax. that's what it is. >> so, it's a tax. >> but he seemed to be, it's
the way that they upheld the law, that they ruled the individual mandate unconstitutional under the commerce clause but said that congress's right to tax means it can stand. i think that caught the romney campaign by surprise it was not one of the likely scenarios that most of us had mapped out. i don't think it was one of the scenarios they had mapped out, and i think they're still trying to deal with that, playing little bit of defense and they made a pretty obvious mistake, eric to chuck...
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. >> i would do away with education, the -- commerce, and let's see. i can't. the third one i can't. sorry. oops. >> i like being able to fire people that provide services to me. >> as joe klein writes in the latest issue of "time" magazine those moments didn't just hurt the candidates, they damaged the party's brand as a whole. joe as we go on the air we learn there is this meeting and we have the first comments from the santorum campaign, a meeting that she, alice stewart says is a stop romney meeting in suburban virginia here, the conservative movement trying to figure out most likely how to get newt gingrich out and how to rally around santorum rather than what many had thought was going on now which was the soul searching of rick santorum and whether it's time to drop out. >> well, that's one point of view, one point of spin i might even say. who knows what's going on in that meeting. they may be trying to convince santorum to leave. but this thing is over. and you know, santorum i suspect especially with the polls really tightening in pennsylvania will no
. >> i would do away with education, the -- commerce, and let's see. i can't. the third one i can't. sorry. oops. >> i like being able to fire people that provide services to me. >> as joe klein writes in the latest issue of "time" magazine those moments didn't just hurt the candidates, they damaged the party's brand as a whole. joe as we go on the air we learn there is this meeting and we have the first comments from the santorum campaign, a meeting that she, alice...
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interior, energy, hud, commerce, gone. brewer crates, that's how ron paul votes. want to drain the swamp, ron paul, do it. >> a lot of experts campaign, experts in both parties say that is one of the most effective political ads they've even in a long time. it does counter intuitive, doesn't seem like the ron paul image, pretty graphic, hard hitting. what went into the calculation of that kind of ad? seve wanted to cut through the noise. there's a lot up here right now, rick perry spending 5 maryland, candidates on the air with big numbers. we're able to put up big numbers ourselves but we wanted to cut through the noise and capture people. we think we succeeded. very proud of that ad. >> you succeeded in getting a lot of attention. jesse benton, thank you so much. good luck on the campaign trail. and can rick perry survive a bad loss in tomorrow's losses? texas monthly has rendered its verdict already on the governor even before any votes are cast. in the magazine's newest issue, it chooses perry as their words "bum steer of the year. jake joins me now. why did y
interior, energy, hud, commerce, gone. brewer crates, that's how ron paul votes. want to drain the swamp, ron paul, do it. >> a lot of experts campaign, experts in both parties say that is one of the most effective political ads they've even in a long time. it does counter intuitive, doesn't seem like the ron paul image, pretty graphic, hard hitting. what went into the calculation of that kind of ad? seve wanted to cut through the noise. there's a lot up here right now, rick perry...
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destabilized currency, higher interest rates, the future of obama care. 75% of businesses the chamber of commerce surveyed said they're less likely to hire new worker because of obama care for the sake of medicare, for the sake of health care, for the sake of job creation we've got to get rid of obama care. >> paul ryan on stage in bristol, virginia near the tennessee border. ron mott is at that rally and joins plea on the phone. ron, paul ryan's campaign trying to reach out to young people and old and talk about deficit redux, a theme which they believe, the campaign believes he has a lot of credibility. >> reporter: talking about coal as well. they've been hammering away at president obama and his administration for what they call an attack and a war against coal. one of the things that paul ryan talked about, the governor as well, is their five-point plan for restoring america's middle class to prosperity begins with energy. that's a message that sells well. but what's hard to ignore here, at this rally today, that is about 15, 20 minutes ago a plane flying overhead, we have video, it was cari
destabilized currency, higher interest rates, the future of obama care. 75% of businesses the chamber of commerce surveyed said they're less likely to hire new worker because of obama care for the sake of medicare, for the sake of health care, for the sake of job creation we've got to get rid of obama care. >> paul ryan on stage in bristol, virginia near the tennessee border. ron mott is at that rally and joins plea on the phone. ron, paul ryan's campaign trying to reach out to young...
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the region and about protecting our allies first and foremost, israel, about securing the lines of commerce and trade, and about dealing with governments that are on the verge of becoming completely destabilized in the case of yemen, for example. >> i want to ask you about president obama's policy, but before we move on, what about mitt romney's foreign policy advisers? bob zellick, former head of the world bank, former deputy of state and treasury, who is supposedly in charge of the transition, i've been told is completely shut out of this conversation, steve hadley and others, who have worked under george w. bush, have not been consulted as far as we can tell, and the circle is pretty small. does mitt romney need to listen to more people? >> i would argue, andrea, at this point in the campaign, with weeks to go, you don't need a different circle your don't need to expand or broaden, you got to bring to the forefront everything you know as a candidate. it's you. it's your use of language, your instincts when it comes to interpreting crises as they arise and how we ought to be responding to
the region and about protecting our allies first and foremost, israel, about securing the lines of commerce and trade, and about dealing with governments that are on the verge of becoming completely destabilized in the case of yemen, for example. >> i want to ask you about president obama's policy, but before we move on, what about mitt romney's foreign policy advisers? bob zellick, former head of the world bank, former deputy of state and treasury, who is supposedly in charge of the...
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model and analyst created a fashion marketplace that helps local boutiques that don't have their own e-commerce sites sell on line. she knows content sells and launched a companion online magazine as an ultimate source for what's in. watch "your business" sunday mornings 7:30 on msnbc. >> in new hampshire today president obama challenged mitt romney to explain where he stands of the lilly ledbetter act which the governor so far refused to say whether he supports. >> i don't know why this is so complicated. governor romney still won't say whether or not he supported a law to protect that right. >> join me now is romney campaign senior adviser. i think the campaign's put out a statement, the romney campaign, that he wouldn't repeal it, didn't support the lilly ledbetter act, wouldn't have signed it if he had been president when it was passed in 2009 but would not repeal it if he becomes president? >> it's important to understand equal pay for equal work for women has been the law since 1960s. sometimes people forget it's the law. the lilly ledbetter act -- >> starting. >> that was a legal issue t
model and analyst created a fashion marketplace that helps local boutiques that don't have their own e-commerce sites sell on line. she knows content sells and launched a companion online magazine as an ultimate source for what's in. watch "your business" sunday mornings 7:30 on msnbc. >> in new hampshire today president obama challenged mitt romney to explain where he stands of the lilly ledbetter act which the governor so far refused to say whether he supports. >> i...